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I’m not really looking for any advice on this, just want to record the incident. I know I made the right decision for the raid and that was obvious when we pulled it off and made the kill.

Maybe someone is curious about what goes through the mind of a raid leader trying to put together a raid. It’s like Tetris, only you don’t know if you’ve rotated the right pieces until you wipe or loot.

So sometime last week I put a 10-man VoA/Ony raid on the calendar.

I knew there was going to be a decent amount of interest in the raid (more accepts than I could accomodate) and I knew there was going to be a couple people that responded that would need to be carried.

Now, I do not have an issue bringing lesser-geared/experienced folks along if the raid can handle it and we have room. Boosting people’s gear gets them into the new content faster so they can strut their stuff.

But Ony is still new for us, nowhere near on farm as was demonstrated Tuesday night when 10 of our best went in and got thoroughly spanked. Hard. They gave up after 6-7 wipes, I lost track in vent. Continue reading →